bipolar disorder

American  

noun

Psychiatry.

• bipolar disorders
  plural

1. an affective disorder characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually interspersed with relatively long intervals of normal mood.

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bipolar disorder British  

noun

1. a mental health problem characterized by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression

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bipolar disorder Scientific  

1. Any of several mood disorders usually characterized by periods of depression that alternate with mania.

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bipolar disorder Cultural  

1. Also known as manic-depressive illness. This psychiatric disorder is marked by periods of euphoric (manic) highs often followed by periods of depression.

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• bipolar disorders
  plural

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bipolar disorder

“Paralyzed by Hope” is born out of Bamford’s bipolar disorder and her OCD, and it explores her and her family’s mental health issues in depth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Experts such as Smith believe bipolar disorder is significantly underdiagnosed.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

She spent the next two decades taking as many as five medications at once and kept getting worse until doctors called her bipolar disorder “treatment-resistant.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Linton had struggled with bipolar disorder for years before the crash and was twice hospitalized due to issues related to her mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Fourteen years after the incident with the Weavers, I would sit in a university classroom and listen to a professor of psychology describe something called bipolar disorder.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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